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Record Nr.

UNISA996217927603316

Autore

Murray William Michael

Titolo

The age of titans [[electronic resource] ] : the rise and fall of the great Hellenistic navies / / William M. Murray

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2012

ISBN

0-19-991278-5

0-19-938225-5

1-283-42374-X

9786613423740

0-19-990963-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (385 p.)

Collana

Onassis series in Hellenic culture

Disciplina

359.00938

Soggetti

Naval history, Ancient

Naval art and science - Greece - History

Greece History, Naval

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : understanding the big ship phenomenon -- Frontal ramming and the development of "fours" and "fives" -- Frontal ramming : structural considerations -- The development of naval siege warfare -- Philo the Byzantine and the requirements of naval siege warfare -- Big ships, boarding, and catapults -- The culmination of the big ship phenomenon -- The end of the big ship phenomenon.

Sommario/riassunto

'The Age of Titans' examines how heavy warships crewed by thousands of men developed from the agile triremes so popular during the Greek Classical Age.